Happy Valentine’s Day from the Three Amigos. So, this week Kevin Kallsen, George Conger, and Gavin Ashenden tackle Justin Welby’s White Privilege and the CofE’s desire to be Carbon Neutral before they go out of business in 2030.
Happy Valentine’s Day from the Three Amigos. So, this week Kevin Kallsen, George Conger, and Gavin Ashenden tackle Justin Welby’s White Privilege and the CofE’s desire to be Carbon Neutral before they go out of business in 2030.
Gentleman. I thought you were unduly defensive in your segment on comments. On the other hand I think maybe you do not give commenters as much credit as they perhaps deserve. Not all of us (myself included) are Episcopalians. So in that regard we are seeing your show from a different perspective. We love to listen to you demolishing the Anglican church leadership, because we are just as aware of their deficiencies as you are. But we cannot necessarily understand why your undoubted loyalty to Jesus and the Gospel seem to be inseparable in your view from church hierarchies that breed heretics faster than rabbits breed on the Western plains of Victoria, Australia, where I live. You have a diverse audience! Which, I might add, is quite a blessing in this day and age, when so many shows only pander to an echo-chamber (so to speak).
I’m so glad you said this. Feedback loops are so important there is even a science behind them in signal theory (electronics).
George mentioned that Justin Welby was a business executive in an oil company. Unfortunately, I am a little jaded with many in management because I have seen too many managers who a friend of mine refers to as winning weasel. A good description of these is given in the article “The Executive Psychopath” printed in The Harvard Business Review. These people can be charming but will sell their children to get ahead. In the Church it is the clergy who sell out the Gospel for prestige, acceptance or a position.
Regarding racism in the Church, yes probably there, but more likely in the individual Church the congregation is a small social group who doesn’t welcome outsiders. See what happens in some churches when you sit in someone else’s pew.
The second sentence in the introduction above starts with “So”. Since the meaningless use of that word is a pet dislike of mine, I would love to know its grammatical or logical purpose in that sentence. (At least my concern is a pleasant change from bishops!)
An interesting issue! One theory is that “So” is used at the start of a sentence as a way of signalling to the audience that what follows is relevant to their interests. Question:”How can I grow beans?” Answer “So, first you buy the seeds…”
In the example above the question “What is on the show today?” might be implied.
For more on this theory, Google “Do you use ‘so’ to manage conversations?”
It’s a pet dislike of mine! It seems to be using a good connective word, in either grammar or reasoning, in a thoughtless and meaningless way. It often implies hesitation, as with “well…” and Ummm…). To me it is an overuse of an important word and its use could thus be described as just so-so. I hear and read it very often. For example I heard someone ask an assistant minister what his role was and he started his answer with a drawn-out “Sooo”. Its use is not as bad as listening to heretical bishops, of course.